This is a 7.8% decrease from the previous school year.
Holmes County Central High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 811 students.
A snapshot of Holmes Consolidated School District showed 89.2% of students were Black and 10.8% were multiracial.
Holmes Consolidated School District roughly covers seven schools within Holmes County and has a main office in Lexington.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durant Elementary School | 0% | 95.9% | 0% | 4.1% | 0% |
| Goodman Pickens Elementary School | 0% | 98.5% | 0% | 1.5% | 0% |
| Holmes County Central High School | 0% | 98.6% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% |
| S.V. Marshall Elementary School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| S.V. Marshall Middle School | 0% | 98.6% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% |
| William Dean Jr. Elementary School | 0% | 97.4% | 0% | 2.6% | 0% |
| Williams-Sullivan Middle School | 0% | 98.4% | 0% | 1.6% | 0% |
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